Birmingham Country / Folk Gigs

The simple, story-telling lyrics of country and folk music can be found in abundance in Birmingham where music is diverse and celebrated at venues like O2 Academy Birmingham, Hare and Hounds and O2 Institute for fun-filled nights of music and dance. Whilst country emerged out of the United States southern music scene, country and folk have come to encompass the softer acoustic led tones of music handed down orally, and so Birmingham will soon be welcoming in are Florence and the Machine, Lily Allen and Old Dominion.